Good Morning San Diego, I am CH4_Ron-Burgundy from the Channel 4 News Team! You may have seen me on the in game between the hours of 7pm-12am (CST) or streaming @ www.twitch.tv.com/r0nburgandy, and sometimes play with some great streamers such as @ www.twitch.tv.com/hammerreborn. I love Infinite Crisis and DC. I have been playing Infinite Crisis since this Summer. I know that seems like a short span but I am not unfamilar with Mobas and only found out about the game through tiresome facebook ads that I eventually clicked on. Here I am. Why should you listen to me and my guide? Well because I love Flash, Aka Barry Allen, Aka Wally West, Aka Jay Garrick, Aka Bart Allen, Aka the Scarlet Speedster, and finally aka The Crimson Comet. My office is dedicated to the flash and he is definately one of my favorite DC characters. So inevitably the reason I started playing infinite crisis was to play with the flash. I played for 2 months with only the flash to become better with him and I believe that I have become extremely successful with him. I have played him since he was PD and I needed to establish this guide to help newer players who might want to give him a go. This is a revision to my first guide on flash so hopefully this will enable you to play flash in the jungle effectively.
Jungle Guide Full Speed Ahead!!!
This guide is specifically for Coast City. This guide will focus on going Jungle with flash. In this, I will cover extensive strategies in order to not only get you fed as an individual but also the way to help your team get fed as well.
If you have any questions send me questions via the forums @ Ron-Burgandy or add me as a friend and ask me in game I will do anything to help.
TABLE OF CONTENTS::
1.Skill Breakdown
2. MODS
3. Augments
4. Items
5. Strategies
Skills
FLASH ATTACK (Q)The Flash rushes to target location, dealing 60 Attack Damage to all enemies he passes through. The cooldown of Flash Attack is reduced if he rushes less than Flash Attack's maximum range, down to a minimum of 40% at half range.If Hyper Vibration is active, this skill changes to a dash and can pass through walls.
Damage:60/95/130/165+ 90% Bonus Attack Damage
Cost:25/40/55/70
This is one of Flashes greatests assets in that it enables you to kite.....hard as well as escaping sticky situations. It is not as powerful as it used to be since it was PD and is now AD and most champions stack up the Armor now. The best way to use this skill is for getting yourself fed.Yea People will get mad at times because it seems like you are getting all the kills but when you guarantee a win most competitive players will not object. It is also a great skill for escaping. Coupled with a great CDR (which is the best way to build flash) you can escape from almost anyone in conjunction with your E.(Which enables you to sprint through objects. Another strategy that I use is baiting people with this skill. Once flash gets sub par health and you run the enemies inevitably follow. For some reason people still fail to realize that they cannot catch you coupled with your super speed skill even if they have it.
In the Jungle this is your best skill for clearing camps. It enables you to do damage to all the creeps at the same time. Just remember to auto attack and drag all the creeps together so you can use shorter dashes, so the CD is reduced and you can clear the camps faster. This skill is also great for stealing main creeps in enemys jungle. You need to have vision however to do this. But this enables you to counter jungle pretty well.
They will chase you and you can lead them right into your team which at that time
its too late for them. Another thing i do is usually use it to burst back into an enemy champion who is chasing in order to help my team burst them down. Sometimes i even use it to help secure mid until teamates can arrive by continuing to dash through the middle which delays the enemy team from capturing it. All in all this skill has to be the most versitile skill flash has. Did i mention it helps you chase enemy champs down hard.
F = MA (W)Resets Basic Attack cooldown. The Flash's Basic Attack speed is set to 3 per second for 3s or until he uses 4 Basic Attacks. During this time, the Flash's Basic Attacks deal only 25% damage, but each hit deals an additional 20 Attack Damage.F=MA's attacks apply Hit Effects, but the bonus Attack Damage does not apply to structures.
Damage:20/30/40/50+ 20% Bonus Attack Damage
Cost:75/100/125/150
Cooldown 13/12/11/10
Okay W is Flash's main damage output now. ITs unbelievable especially with a critical flash.
It enables you apply it on effects which includes critical damage. Just know it hurts. This also scales well with Slayer on Huntress, and Claw of Horus. Just remember that It takes tons of your will, you can balance this with blue scarab and you should be fine. You need this skill in the jungle to help you burst down big creeps just remember to use it when you first start attacking the main creep just in case you get counter ganked, your will should be back to the level to Q away from the gank. Also this enables you to get 2 W's off in big creep camps which helps with clear time.
HYPER VIBRATION (E) For 3s Flash Attack changes to a dash and can pass through walls. Damaging or touching an enemy Champion grants him a stack of Speed Force, and his target loses 20% Move Speed, which decays over 2s. Champions may only be affected once.
Duration:3/4/5/6
Cost:60/70/80/90
Cooldown:14/11/8/5
Okay E is useful skill but since the armor has been removed it definitely needs to be
maximized last. Mainly i use this skill to help slow my enemies for either my
team to kill them or myself. It can also be used to slow people who
are trying to take your capture point where you can hit
E dash with q to hit them , couple with W they are most likely dead or running for
dear life because the capture point is also dealing damage. Overall use this ability strictly for slowing either to get away from someone or to chase them down.
SPEED STORM (R)The Flash becomes invincible while he runs around an area for 2s. Every 0.5s, he gains a stack of Speed Force and deals 40 Attack Damage to all enemies in the area. At the end of this time,or if the skill is triggered again to end early, 60 Attack Damage is dealt to all enemies still in the area.
Damage per .5s:40/70/110/130+ 50% Bonus Attack Damage
Final Damage:60/100/140/180+ 70% Bonus Attack Damage
Okay SPEED Storm is the Best ability flash has to offer especially since that added an extra initial pulse. It has great synergy with WW ultimate its like Buying a New Car with 0% APR. Its Fantastic. Its a great skill to use on any capture point to scare the crap out of any enemy on the point to run away allowing your teammates to chase them down while you also receive no damage. ITs also a great escape since you can use it take no damage while your building up will and then dash away from the opposition. With CDR its even better because you can use it about every 60 seconds in PD i used to be able to get it down to roughly 50 but now its AD. Only fall back is that enemies usually only get a couple of hits before they run away or die. That why you need to try to bait them or coincide with you team for maximum output. Remember if it looks like an enemy champ is going to leave the range of your ult you can press R again to end the ult to deal that extra end damage. The final Damage is what you want to make sure you hit your opponent with as it does the most damage.
SPEED FORCE (PASSIVE)When the Flash uses a skill he gains a stack of Speed Force. Speed Force grants him 2.5% Move Speed for 2.5s, and can stack up to 5 times.
The Flash gains Bonus Damage based on his Move Speed (+1% per 10 Bonus Move Speed).Move Speed:2.5%-3.5%-4.5%-5.5%
This is an okay skill you will never get too much damage from it but its great to help chase down champions or to escape. If your low and are gonna die just start spaming your abilities and you will easily make it away and safely back home.
MODIFIERS and AUGMENTS
Okay first of all Mods and Amplifiers are extremely important for any level of competitive gaming. They do cost a tons of Merit when you first start out but they are worth it. I recommend that you focus on one champion at a time when starting out on IC as I did. This way you can maximize that characters potential and once you are finished you no longer have to worry about rebuilding the character mods or becoming familiar with them. In this manner you will learn about every character and how to counter them more effectively, as well as being able to play with them at a higher level.
First to the Mods. The mods you can use with flash can vary. It depends on if you want a attack damage Assasian with high penetration or you want to run a critical flash. I prefer the Critical flash and i will tell you why. Critical damage attack Flash is the best a nuking enemy carries or squishys (Whats a squishy if you might ask if your new to the game? Well.....flash....and sinestro, basically any assasin or ranged carry that focuses on damage output with no sustain.) When you compare Flash's abilities with these other carries his 1v1 potential now since he has been changed to attack damage has been highly reduced. Mainly due to the retraction of his armor bonus from his E. If you go up against a MWW or AWW 1v1 you will most likely loose unless you are already fed. Even fed I sometimes see myself going down to one of these characters because of the squishyness of Flash now. Also you have to remember that Flash's Abilities are meant for hit and run approach. He is built to run in, spam his abilities to do tons of damage and then escape. This is key. So if you build a Critical Flash his potency to do more damage at a faster pace is amplified. Also if you get caught in a 1v1 a critical flash is the build that I have had the most success in surviving along with getting the kills.
However remember that for Joe Chills and V9 to be effective you must have damage output to scale with them. That is why I ususally build claymore, timepack, and crossbow before starting to build critical damage.
The 3 Mods I use for a critical Flash are
1. Enhanced Huntress Crossbow +10 Attack Damage Tier 2
2. Enhanced Time Hunters Timepack +10 Attack Damage Tier 3
3. Optimized Deathstroke's Claymore +5% CDR Tier 2
Two other mods I have been using on occasion is the Mod giving Atomic axe 10 more damage. The armor penetration is almost a must any more with enforcers stacking tons of armor. This not only allows you to get some more damage but to help you burst down carries faster as well as being able to do substantial damage to these enforcers before suit of sorrows tears you up. The other is Critical Chance Implants +10 % the reason I usually dont go that route is the coding for randomization of critical chance is out of whack and when I get this item I tend in most games not to see the increase in critical chance stacking comparably to games without it. Its about the same. Another route is the Suit of sorrows mod giving 25% reflect its great for sustainability if your fighting a mainly melee attack damage team. Usually I substitute Empowered claymore for one of these others in that if your basing your damage on crits and key on bursting down carries the activation is almost fruitless. Just depends on the game. But if you like how it plays especially for bursting tanks you should keep it.
The Augments that I use are specifically tailored for Movement speed flash. Flash is the most effective the faster he is. He is an assassin who is tailored to burst down fleeing champions at the end of the team-fight. To help secure this I run movements speed/health based augments
UPDATE
Here recently I have been running a different set of Augments:
Vengence
Rampage
Landslide
Blight
The reason for the switch is that flash needs to be fast to get in and out of situations as well as quick to get to points. By adding roughly 8 extra movement speed it helps youll notice a difference. Also it provides some added health which gives you about 70 health which could help you survive one more auto attack in the early game especially when going top. I like these augments alot. Strategically speaking.
ITEMS
Okay the Items speak for themselves
Timepack- I usually finish first gives you 15% cdr or 20% depends on your mods. And 50 attack damage or 60 (depending on mods. Also it has a great active which can help you make bad judgement call by warping back to a point before you engage. You Might be saying as Ron Burgundy..... Milk was a bad choice.....I immediately regret that decision... Now you can correct your wrongs in 2 simple clicks. It is awfully hillarious as well running into a bush while the tank is peeling you away from their carry and transporting back into the bush after the tank is still chasing you, while calm and collectively you devour their carry.
Deathstrokes claymore- I usually finish this second because it gives me terminate (now I tend not to use terminate as much) as well as 10% cdr(I get the (5%CDR at tier 2 mod-this is effective because in two items this and time hunters your already setting at 30% CDR. along with 50 attack damage and 15% penetration. A great AD item Recently noticed that slayer was moved from this item to huntress crossbow. Still a great item for CDR which is a must on flash.
I usually go Huntress Crossbow 3rd---- THis gives you more damage , which is great since flash can escape quicker, also it gives you some added attack speed great item. This has been updated to a must item since the slayer passive was added to this item and taken away from Deathstokes claymore. Its a Great Item and it scales great with flashes w and helps to clear jungles faster.
Joe Chills Revolver- I usually rush this 4th but remember never waste a B. Always buy what you have enough for if you dont have enough to finish start another item if you can afford it. But with the critical and damage its great. 50 Attack damage
Implants- Great item on flash in that it increases your attack speed, movement speed, and critical chance. Helps escape and do tons of more damage. I max it 5th
I tend to run Batmans Utility Belt as my 6 item but build it before Implants. The main reason is it gives us the final 10% cooldown reduction (40%) that is needed to spam abilities to run away or do damage. IT also gives purge(as of now) to alievate slows as well as more attack speed as well as 200 health for sustain. This item will be a must once it is changed in the new updated scheme. Thanks!!!!!
Another item i seem to be grabbing more and more of is Deadshots Visor it gives you a another burst of punch as well as extra attack speed. The big reason I grab this more frequently now is because of the will bonus. It gives you just enough will to help cast a couple of more skills (as many of you flash players will notice flash can be drained very quickly and have no will left at all. This helps solve this problem. It also has a great toggle which when toggled (makes your hands glow with yellow which notifies you) Basic Attacks and single-target skills cost an additional 4% of Current will and deals bonus attack damage equal to 150% of the will consumed. When toggled off, basic attacks restore 0.5% of Max Will on hit.
Dont forget Claw of horus it is also a great item for flash.
The Next Items are up to you
Last is usually up to enemy comp. If they are stacking Armor i might Go Atomic Axe, gives you more damage and more attack pen. However If i want more sustain I will usually build horus because it gives you damage, armor, and health, it even allows you to steal armor. And with the attack speed of flash's W its a great item to have.
Strategy
Jungling Bot.
FIRST OF ALL NEVER BUILD JUNGLE ITEMS TO TIER 2....NEVER ...and NEVER MOD THEM ITS A WASTE OF A MOD SLOT...I usually start tier 2 rip hunters....no pots...When your first start to jungle remember that you always need to help your team protect or invade the regen drone near the DDD. This is pivitol in your teams success as well as yours. If this is stolen you will behind and your ganks will fall behind. Whatever your team decides to do just make sure your team is on the same page. After this clear run straight down to A. either your 4 drone camp or the enemies 4 drone camp. I usually invade their jungle and immediately use detonate to clear their camp. This messes up the other jungles camp. Then go and clear yours. either way after this you will want to go to your duo camp, but on the way swing by your turret and buy at maurader shield 1 and possibly mauraders knife 1. you should have enough gold. I treat these as investment items to help with clear time. I almost immediately sell them once i hit level 6 for other items. You only lose roughly 25 gold with these two purchases. If you upgrade them at all you will lose 300+ gold on sell back. It is all about maximizing your gold. After you buy these clear your duo camp, folowed by your tri camp. You can repeat these routes with the occasional invade as well as caping you point and clearing your big regen drone.
Ganking.
Flash has a good slow as well a good damage. When you get the chance and the enemy is pushed out far i usually invade from bottom jungle near raider. Use your e then q to phase through the wall to get behind the enemy champs. Coordinate with your team and this is how ganks should occur. always use phasing its the easiest way to gank to avoid wards.
Overall Strats.
Okay flash's job in teamfights is to dive in and burst down carries as fast as he can and get the hell out. Remember flash is super squishy now. I recommend you try and focus squishes as well as invite the other team to chase you while your team secures objectives or kills. Flashs ult is the best ult to use for capture points in that enemies have no choice but to avoid the point.
All and All remember that FLASH is a hit and run champion. Use that to your advantage. Dive in burst, dive back out, look evaluate the odds, then dash back in and clean up. Flash always has an escape so remember this.
Thanks For Reading Guys if you have any comments let me know hope to see you guys playing thanks!
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